Addressing machine



Jan. 6, 1942- F. B. MORRIS ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed Nov. 14, 1940 v INVENTOR 752d 3. #01716 BY d. d? M ATTORNEY:

I Patented Jan- 6, 1942 UNIT D snnru-zssmo monmr:

Fred B. Morris, Havel-ford, Fa asoignor to Benjamin D. Gilbert, New York, N. Y.

Application November 14', 1940, Serial N0. 365,616

Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in addressing machines and has for an object to provide means attached to or permanently forming a part of duplicating machines whereby a master sheet in the form of tape having thereon address indicia may be utilized with a duplicat ing machine to imprint upon successive envelopes or other sheets addresses appearing serlatim upon said tape.

Another object is to provide a tape supporting means for this purpose including a supply roll and a storage roll for said tape together with means for feeding the tape from the supply roll through the duplicating mechanism and storing it upon the storage roll.

Another object is to provide such a device in which the tape is drawn from the supply roll by the duplicating machine together with means actuated by the supply roll for rotatingthe it be an envelope, a card, or other sheet so that substantially only that part of the copy sheet which is to receive copy is moistened. Other objects will appear from the following machine II as by means of a clamp. l6 (Fig. 3) supporting a stand l1 having generally horizontal extensions l8 and Ila. The extension 18 has journaled thereto a wheel 19 preferably grooved to receive the belt 20. In the particular form shown, the wheel carries a stud'2l received in a hole 22 in one end 23 of a spool 24 which also preferably has another end 25. The spool is held in position by any suitable means such as the wing nut 26.

The forwardly extending arm IBa. similarly carries a wheel 29 preferably on ball bearings as shown, which wheel has a pulley groove 30 to receive the belt 20 which, as shown in Fig. 2, is crossed. It will. also be noted that the diameter of the pulley on wheel 29 is much smaller than that of wheel IS. The wheel supporting shaft 3| extends outwardly and serves to receive another spool 240 having ends 23a and 25a, the former being shown as provided with a hole 22a. The two spools therefore are identical and may be used interchangeably. Preferably attached to the wheel 29 is a pad or ring of friction material description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention taken together with the attached drawing wherein: v

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a duplicating machine of suitable construction with master tape supporting means and copy sheet moisteningmeans attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, the duplicating machine cylinder and pressure roller and the moistening means being shown in section;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the storage roll taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to said drawing, the numeral ll designates generally a duplicating machine either of known or special type including either a complete or partial duplicating cylinder l2, a handle ii for operating said cylinder, a copy sheet table It, and a copy receiving tray 15.

The tape supporting device in the form shown is an attachment fastened to any part of the 32. The spool is held in place by means of a lock nut 26a pressing the spool with the desired amount of pressure against the friction material 82.

The operation of the parts thus far described is as follows:

When it is desired to impress upon a series of envelopes or other sheets the addresses and other indicia which has previously been applied to a master sheet tape T, the spool 24 containing .said tape is placed in position as shown. A

preliminary length of tape or leader is passed between the cylinder [2 of the duplicating machine and its presser roller l2a, as shown in Fig. 2. The machine is thereupon rotated counterclockwise until suflicient leader is available to start it upon the spool 24a. The handle is thereupon turned until the first effective impression on the tape T approaches the cylinder. Thereupon one of the envelopes or other copy sheets lying on table It is moved forward to the bight of the cylinder impresser roller, either by hand or by automatic feeding means, whereupon the envelope or other copy sheet isdrawn between the cylinder and the presser roller and the indicia appearing upon the tape T at that point is impressed upon the copy sheet, whereafter the copy sheet is ejected upon the tray l5.

During the time the tape is being drawn forward by the motion of the cylinder l2, a corresponding length is pulled off spool 24, causing rotation of the spool counterclockwise. This pulley wheel 29 at a higher rate of speed, thus winding tape upon the roll 2411. If the amoimt of motion given to wheel 29 is greater than required to roll up the available tape, slipping will occur between end 2341 and friction material 32. The amount of slippage will gradually increase as the amount of tape on roll 2! decreases and the amount on 240 increases.

If the tape is of the stencil type, no moistening of the copy sheet is needed as by that method of duplicating, ink usually stored within the cylinder I2 is forced through the perforations in the stencil to make a proper impression upon the copy sheet. However, if the liquid hecto-- graphic type of duplicator is used, it is desirable to provide some form of moistening device to be used in lieu of the normal moistening device of the duplicating machine. This has the advantage that only a small part of the copy sheet need be moistened. In the form shown, an auxiliary moistening device is shown, this being in the form of a moistening receptacle ll containing absorbent material ll projecting as at 42 from a slot in its end. In the form shown, this receptacle has bent under flanges 43 (Fig. 3) which support a bottom plate ll having an upstanding end plate IS normally bearing against the end of the receptacle proper. The plate ll, 45 may therefore be slidably withdrawn to facilitate cleaning, replacement, or adjustment of the absorbent material.

The receptacle ll is shown as carried upon a tubular support 46 journaled in the stand I! and extending therethrough for onnection therewith of a hose II to supply liqmd thereto. A coil spring 48 is provided tending to rock the receptacle l0 clockwise to cause the absorbent material 42 to engage the copy sheet.

An arm 50 is attached to the tubular support 46, which arm has on its extremity a roller or other means engaging with a cam 52 of suitable conformation, preferably mounted on the shaft of cylinder l2.

InFig. 2the partsareinnormalpositiomie, ready to make an impression upon a copy sheet. An envelope or other copy sheet is now pased forwardly under the moistening device into the bight between cylinder l2 and presser roller l2a. When the handle 13 is now rotated counterclockwise, the copy sheet and tape will advance. Shortly thereafter, cam follower 5| will drop 01! the high point of the cam 52, permitting the absorbent material 42 to press upon the copy sheet and to moisten an appropriate section thereof as the sheet advances. This moistened portion registers with that part of the tape T which carries the next indicia. A part of the ink of said indicia is dissolved and thus applied to the envelope or other copy sheet as it poses between the cylinder l2 and roller l2a. As soon as a suflicient length of copy sheet has been moistened, the high part of the cam lifts roller ll and rocks the moistening receptacle ll cormter-clockwise (Fig. 2), lifting the absorbent material 42 from the copy sheet. In this way, substantially only that part of the copy sheet which is to receive copy is moistened.

It will be noted that the construction shown and described "will serve admirably to accomplkh the objects stated above. It is to be understood, however, that the constmction disclosed above is intended merely asillustrative of the lam- 'tion and not aslimiting as various therein may be made without departing frun the invention as defined by a proper interpretation of the claims which follow. For example, instead of using friction means for driving the storage roll acting through the tape T and a device such as beltll, as shown, I also cantanplate using a more direct driving connection from the cylinder i2 to the storage roll. This may be readily accomplished by arranging a gear or friction wheel to be driven by the cylinder 12 or its shaft which gear or wheel carries a larger gear or wheel eng g the storage roll at a relatively small diameter, so that the storage roll wheel 2! will he driven at a speed suflicient to take up the tape T even when the storage roll is almost empty. Or a belt or chain from the cylinder llmaybe used to drive the wheel 29 at the desired relative speed.

I claim:

1. In an addressing machine including a duplieating cylinder and a presser roller cooperating therewith, a supply roll for a master tape and a tape storage roll, means for drawing paper from said supply roll, and driving means for said storage roll operated by said supply roll.

2. In an addressing machine including a duplicating cylinder and apresser roller cooperating therewith, a supply roll for a master tape and a tape storage roll, means for drawing paper from said supply roll, and driving means for said storage roll operated by said supply roll, said driving means comprising a belt driven by said supply roll.

3. An attachment for a duplicating machine having a. duplicating cylinder and a preser roller cooperating therewith, comprising a support, means for attaching said support to the machine;asupplyrollforamastertapeanda tape storage roll carried by said support, and a copy sheet moistening means also carried by said support. 4. An attachment for a duplicating machine having a duplicating cylinder and a presser roller cooperating therewith, comprising a support, means for attaching said support to the machine, a supply roll for a master tape and a tape storage roll carried by said support, a copy sheet moistening means also carried by said support, and means for causing said moistening means to engage the copy sheet intermittently.

5. In an addressing machine including a duplieating cylinder and a presser roller cooperating therewith, a supply roll for a" master tape and a tape storage roll together with a copy sheet moistening means and means for causing said means to engage the copy sheet intermittently, said latter means being operated by the duplieating cylinder.

FRED B. MORRIS. 

